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Upon its opening, Golf Odyssey, the preeminent newsletter devoted to golf travel, named Bandon Dunes, The Best Place on the Planet for Golf. The fourth course, Old Macdonald (in honor of Charles Blair Macdonald), was designed by a team led by Tom Doak and Jim Urbina. [5] It opened in June 2010. [6]
Charles Blair Macdonald (November 14, 1855 – April 21, 1939) was a major figure in early American golf.He built the first 18-hole course in the United States, was a driving force in the founding of the United States Golf Association, won the first U.S. Amateur championship, and later built some of the most influential golf courses in the United States, to the extent that he is considered the ...
MacDonald was posted as professional at a number of clubs in the Chicago area, including Evanston, Edgewater, and Indian Hill Club. [8] He coached legendary golfers Gene Sarazen, Horton Smith and Babe Zaharias. [2] [9] His book, Golf, published in 1927, was a classic in the late 1920s. [2]
The Lido was designed by Charles Blair Macdonald, with contributions from other designers, and constructed in 1915. [1] Mr. Macdonald sponsored a contest in Country Life magazine called The Lido Prize. The entries judged by Bernard Darwin, Horace Hutchinson and Herbert Fowler. The winner was Alister MacKenzie. [2]
Macdonald was introduced to golf at St. Andrews old course, playing many rounds there with Tom Morris, Sr. and Tom Morris, Jr., both of whom were multiple winners of the Open Championship, founded in 1860 as the first major championship in golf. Macdonald, the founder and original designer of the Chicago Golf Club, had been paired with John ...
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Seth Jagger Raynor (May 7, 1874 – January 23, 1926) was an American golf course architect and engineer. He designed approximately 85 golf courses in about 13 years, his first in 1914, at age 40. His mentor was Charles Blair Macdonald, the creator of the National Golf Links of America, and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. [1] [2]